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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"inpatient setting"”.
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Fall Prevention in the Inpatient Setting
<p>Fall Prevention in the Inpatient Setting Abstract</p> <p>This project focuses on patient and family fall prevention education through an educational brochure. 4South is a mixed medical/surgical and medical/surgical-telemetry unit, specializing in dialysis and stroke patients. Since January 2017, …
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Prevalence of Undiagnosed Dissociative Disorders in an Inpatient Setting
This study examined the prevalence of undiagnosed dissociative disorders in a sample of 201 adult patients admitted to a private psychiatric hospital in a major metropolitan city in the south-central United States, over an eight-month period. A screening measure, two blind structured interviews, …
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Early warning of patient deterioration in the inpatient setting
… hours for each patient. Many hospitals monitor inpatients continuously to alert caregivers to changes in physiological status. At BCH, each hospital bed is equipped with a bedside monitor that continuously collects and archives vital sign data, such as heart rate, respiration rate, and arterial …
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Tri-Ethnic Differences: an Examination of Associated Symptoms Within an Inpatient Setting
… study analyzed archived data from a sample of inpatients admitted to a large urban teaching psychiatric mental health facility between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2007. The extant literature suggests that African Americans are more likely to have a discharge diagnosis of a psychotic …
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Design Of An Evidence-Based Mentorship Program For Inpatient Nurse Practitioners
… for nurse practitioners (NPs) practicing in the inpatient setting.</p> <p>Methods: A comprehensive review of the literature on mentorship was conducted using Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PUBMED, OVID, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Google Scholar. Evidence based …
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Establishing An Infrastructure For Nursing Innovation In A Large Urban Magnet®hospital
… industry-standard for nursing innovation in the inpatient setting. </p> <p>Aims and Methods: The project aimed to establish a structure, process, and technology access based on industry-standard for nursing innovation in the inpatient setting, to implement and evaluate the infrastructure and make …
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Exploring the Associations of Comfort, Relatedness States, and Life-Closure in Hospice Patients
… either in their homes (n =15) or in the hospice inpatient setting (n = 15). Life closure was associated with participant’s reported levels of involvement (r = .36, p = .001) and comfort (r = .35, p= .06) in relationships. There was a significant difference between location of participants and …
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A qualitative study exploring adolescents’ experiences of peer relationships in an inpatient CAMHS setting
… relationships within an adolescent psychiatric inpatient setting and investigate how adolescents perceive peer relationships to influence their psychological wellbeing. Background: During adolescence peer relationships play an integral role in development, where shifts occur in attachment from …
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Healthcare Across the Pregnancy Continuum: Nativity-Based Analysis of Medical Expenditures Among U.S.-Born, Recent Arrivals, and Established Immigrant Women
… healthcare expenditures in various healthcare settings among pregnant women. Results showed that the odds of pregnant established immigrants having a positive inpatient expenditure was 1.73 times higher than pregnant U.S.-born women. However, when they had positive expenditures in the inpatient …
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A Nurse-Driven Protocol To Increase Metabolic Screening And Interventions For Inpatients On Antipsychotic Medications
… project implemented a nurse-driven protocol on inpatient psychiatric units to increase metabolic screening compliance rates. The literature on improving metabolic screening as well as the clinical use of nurse-driven protocols were used to develop a protocol. The initial implementation of the …
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A qualitative investigation of the experiences of nursing staff working in a secure personality disorder unit
… patients with a personality disorder in an inpatient setting. It aims to present the current understanding of staff attitudes and the components which attribute to this.Part twoAn empirical paper which explores the experiences of nursing staff working in a secure personality disorder unit …
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National Practices, Attitudes, and Training Surrounding Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Procedures for Adolescents
… much of their medical care in the hospital setting. Training pediatricians and pediatric hospitalists to effectively administer LARC in both outpatient and inpatient settings would increase adolescent access to sexual health care, including LARC. OBJECTIVE: This mixed-methods study aims (1) …
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Diabetes Education Revisited: Addressing Inpatient Diabetes Care Through An Interactive Educational Video Module For Registered Nurses
… used to treat patients with diabetes in the inpatient setting. Among injectable drugs, insulin has the highest risk for error, which may result in dire consequences for patients. Registered nurses are among the main groups of clinicians that work with insulin, yet they may sometimes lack the …
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Multimodal Opioid-Sparing Analgesia: Increasing Regimen Adherence In Minimally Invasive Abdominal Surgery
… in opioid consumption in the postoperative inpatient setting. Additionally, patients were satisfied with the pain regimen and pain control. This project provides a framework for healthcare providers to implement among postoperative minimally invasive surgical patients to increase clinician …
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Empowering Patients with Central Venous Catheters: Utilizing Evidence-Based Video-Assisted Education to Reduce Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
… resource efficiency among nursing staff in an inpatient pediatric setting in which Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) rates were rising. Pediatric oncology patients confer the highest risk of developing CLABSIs due to long-term CVC access, neutropenic effects of treatment …
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Do Trait Positive and Trait Negative Affect Predict Progress and Discharge Outcomes in an Inpatient Medical Rehabilitation Population
… of medical rehabilitation gains within an inpatient setting. Specifically, the International Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedule Short Form (I-PANAS-SF), along with the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), were administered to adult patients during their inpatient medical …
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Improving Quality Through Nursing Participation At Bedside Rounds In A Pediatric Acute Care Unit
… an average of 2.10 during the project. Scores on inpatient satisfaction surveys increased from 82.4 to 92.2%, and nursing communication improved from 83.3 to 95.65%. Interprofessional collaboration as reflected by the inclusion of nurses at bedside rounds led to positive outcomes in patient care. …
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Reducing 30-Day Readmission Rates For Copd Patients: A Care Standardization & Quality Improvement Project
… Discharge Care Bundle for COPD patients in the inpatient setting at an urban academic medical center. The COPD Discharge Care Bundle included the following interventions: pulmonary consultation, smoking cessation evaluation, medication reconciliation, spirometry (if not completed within the last …
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Impact of Improving Throughput in the Emergency Department
… in the emergency department (ED) and in the inpatient setting while correlating increased throughput and patient outcomes at a suburban Acute Care facility in Ohio. The culture in the organization has lacked accountability and ownership of the patients. The ED admitted length of stay (ALOS) …
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